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Greyfriars Book Club (1975-1990)


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These volumes were published in print runs of 400 or 500 copies, each individually numbered and signed by the publisher Howard Baker. Once the programme got going, readers were encouraged to subscribe to a run of planned future volumes (one volume published every two months) by submitting an intent form, and then paying for each volume as it was printed.

Each volume was bound in imitation green leather, and came in a slip case, and cost £16. From volume 55 onwards the price increased to £18, and from volume 77 onwards the slip case was replaced by a clear plastic wrapper.

The final volumes were reduced to a print run of 200 copies, although additional copies were printed and sold as individual Magnet facsimile issues.

You can see a couple of original Book Club catalogues at the Friardale site in the ephemera section.

* Limited edition paperback reprint (400 copies at £25) published in 1983.

No.

Title

Print run

Issue numbers

Year

Published

1

The Worst Boy at Greyfriars

400

M 879-888

1924-1925

1975

2

Loder For Captain

400

M 923-931

1925

1975

3

The Making of Harry Wharton *

400

M 1-10

1908

1975

4

Harry Wharton & Co. In India

400

M 960-970

1926

1975

5

Tom Merry's Schooldays

400

G 1/1-15

1907

1976

6

Paul Dallas at Greyfriars

400

M 997-1004

1927

1976

7

The Greyfriars' Crusaders

500

M 247-254

1912

1976

8

The Sheikh at Greyfriars

500

M 862-869

1924

1976

9

The Boy From the Underworld

500

M 1297-1307

1932-1933

1976

10

The Bullseye

400

B 1-10

1931

1976

11

The Treasure Hunters

500

M 1017-1026

1927

1976

12

Harry Wharton & Co. In Africa

500

M 766, 768-774, 776

1922

1977

13

New Boys at Greyfriars

500

M 43-50, 59

1908-1909

1977

14

Levison's Return

500

M 789, 793-799

1923

1977

15

The Boxer of Greyfriars

500

M 985-990, 994-995

1927

1977

16

Cock of the Walk

500

M 176-184

1911

1977

17

The Outcast of the School

400

G 759-767

1922

1977

18

The Bounder of Greyfriars

500

M 117-125

1910

1978

19

Tatters of the Remove

500

M 1195-1203

1931

1978

20

Harry Wharton & Co. in Hollywood

500

M 1092-1099

1929

1978

21

The Greyfriars' Filmstars

500

M 1100-1107

1929

1978

22

The Schoolboy Caravanners

500

M 682, 689, 693, 704-709, 715

1921

1978

23

The Toff of St. Jim’s

400

G 334-341, 351-353

1914

1978

24

The Fall of the Bounder

500

M 487-494

1917

1979

25

Action at Greyfriars

500

M 1161-1168

1930

1979

26

The Toad of the Remove

500

M 1016, 1028-1029, 1031-1034

1927

1979

27

The Flogging Judge Jeffreys

500

M 496-498, 501-505, 507-508, 510-511

1917

1979

28

Tom Redwing's Triumph

500

M 517-522, 525-526, 528, 530-533

1918

1979

29

Bob Cherry - Swot

500

M 975-979, 981-984

1926

1979

30

The Greyfriars' Plotters

500

M 100-107

1910

1980

31

The Removal of Horace Coker

500

M 144-151

1910

1980

32

St. Jim’s Forever

500

G 729-732, 743-747, 749-751

1922

1980

33

The Mystery of Pengarth

400

M 806-812, 814

1923

1980

34

Mick the Gypsy

400

M 819-823, 828-830

1923-1924

1980

35

De Vere and the Silver Scud

400

M 749-753, 755-759

1922

1980

36

The Sixth Form Rebellion

400

M 729-730, 737-739, 743-745, 748

1922

1981

37

Jim Lee's Secret

400

M 763-765, 779, 781-784, 787

1922

1981

38

The Bounder's Feud

400

M 841, 843, 846, 853-855, 858-860

1924

1981

39

The Schoolboy Speculator

400

M 412-413, 415-416, 418-420

1916

1981

40

The Prince of Greyfriars

400

M 422-423, 425, 429, 433-435

1916

1981

41

The First Boy’s Paper Omnibus

400

The Marvel 79, Young Britain 4, The Champion 1239, The Thriller 299, Black Bess Library 23, Boy’s Cinema 936, The Popular 2/404, Scoops 7

1905, 1919, 1945, 1934, 1922, 1937, 1926, 1934

1981

42

The Greyfriars’ Challenge

400

M 11-20

1908

1981

43

The Famous Four

400

M 21-30

1908

1982

44

Greyfriars versus St. Jim’s

400

M 31-40

1908

1982

45

Harry Wharton’s Recruits

400

M 51-60

1909

1982

46

The Greyfriars’ Picnic

400

M 61-70

1909

1982

47

Harry Wharton’s Bank Holiday

400

M 71-80

1909

1982

48

Bunter the Bully

400

M 81-90

1909

1983

49

The Greyfriars’ Christmas

400

M 91-98

1909

1983

50

The Remove to the Rescue

400

M 41-42, 99, 108-112

1908, 1910

1983

51

Harry Wharton's Peril

400

M 113-116, 126-128

1910

1983

52

Captain Bob Cherry

400

M 129-135

1910

1983

53

Billy Bunter's Kick-Off

400

M 136-143

1910

1983

54

The St. Jim’s' Christmas Barring-Out

400

G 776-784

1922-1923

1984

55

John Bull Junior

300

M 152-158

1911

1984

56

Wingate's Chum

300

M 159-165

1911

1984

57

The Fall of Harry Wharton

300

M 166-172

1911

1984

58

The King's Guest

300

M 173-175, 185-188

1911

1984

59

The Outlaws of the School

300

M 189-195

1911

1984

60

The Expulsion of Harold Skinner

300

M 196-199, 201-203

1911

1985

61

Spoofing the School

300

M 232-237

1912

1985

62

Coker Minor - Sixth Former or The Form Master's Secret

300

M 238-244

1912

1985

63

Harry Wharton's Win

300

M 245-246, 255, 282-284

1912-1913

1985

64

The Sports of the School

300

M 285-290

1913

1985

65

Bravo the Bounder !

300

M 291-296

1913

1985

66

Vernon-Smith at Large

300

M 297-302

1913

1986

67

Harry Wharton's Christmas

300

M 303-307

1913

1986

68

Greyfriars Versus Highcliffe

300

M 308-313

1914

1986

69

Peter and Alonzo

300

M 314-319

1914

1986

70

The Arrival of William Wibley

300

M 320-325

1914

1986

71

The Missing Master

300

M 326-331

1914

1986

72

The Greyfriars' Trippers

300

M 332-337

1914

1987

73

The Greyfriars' Suffragette

300

M 338-342

1914

1987

74

A Lesson For Ponsonby

300

M 343-348

1914

1987

75

The Grammar School Rivals

300

M 349-354

1914

1987

76

Billy Bunter's Uncle

M 355-359

1914

1987

77

The Cruise of the Famous Five

200

M 360-365

1915

1987

78

Bunter's Banknotes

200

M 366-371

1915

1988

79

The Gathering of The Schools

200

M 372-376

1915

1988

80

Hurree Singh's Peril

200

M 377-382

1915

1988

81

Lord Mauleverer's Bewitchment

200

M 383-388

1915

1988

82

The Great Greyfriars' Rebellion

200

M 389-393

1915

1988

83

At War With Greyfriars

200

M 394-399

1915

1988

84

The Trial of Cecil Snaith

200

M 400-405

1915

1989

85

Bunter the Masher

200

M 406-411

1915

1989

86

Fish's Fag Agency

200

M 257-261 [intended to be 256-261]

1913

1989

87

Bob Cherry's Secret

200

M 262-267

1913

1989

88

Friars Versus Saints

200

M 268-273 [intended to be 268-274]

1913

1989

89

Peter Todd's Chance

200

M 274-279 [intended to be 275-281]

1913

1989

90

Bunter’s Big Brother

200

M 280-281, 465-470

1913, 1917

1990

91

The Herlock Sholmes of Greyfriars

M 256, 471-478

1913, 1917

1990

92

The Greyfriars’ Colonials

M 479-486

1917

1990

93

The Defence of Hurree Singh

M 495, 499-500, 506, 509, 512, 514-516

1917

1990

A number of volumes were originally planned as volumes 61 onwards, but never published due to the scarcity of original Magnets:

 

The Duffer's Double

M 204-210

1912

The Fight For the Captaincy

M 211-217

1912

Harry Wharton's Windfall

M 218-224

1912

The Remove Form's Feud

M 225-231

1912


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